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Can't always raises my eyebrows... piques my interest... tickles my curiosity.

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May 5Liked by Andrew Smith

For what it's worth, the moment I read the title I immediately went: "Oh yeah?! Who does Andrew think he is, telling me what I can do?!"

Guess I'm an easily-triggered contrarian.

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There's a Locke inside all of us.

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Don’t can’t me. I won’t. ☺️

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You wouldn't.

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"You Can't Do That On Television" was a Canadian import- it was made in Toronto and aired on the YTV network here. It was weird as hell.

And you know why Nickelodeon is obsessed with slime? It's because a recurring feature of this show was somebody getting the stuff dropped on them! They took it and ran...

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I guess I know Nickelodeon is obsessed with slime, but my head goes straight to YCDTOT when I think about either Nickelodeon OR green slime. Most of the slime-based memes were after my time.

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I was in a Georgian Choir at age 7. I knew that there was nothing on the radio that was off limits.

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That must have been really interesting!

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May 5Liked by Andrew Smith

This hits close to home! It reminds of two things from my own childhood, one has followed into adulthood while the other I haven’t thought about in forever. “Can’t isn’t a word” - only conveniently used by my parents when trying to counter my ‘can’t’ arguments, never actually used while I was rebelling against something I was told I couldn’t do. The ongoing one in my head is a double dog dare. Seems I frequently like to ‘double-dog dare’ myself against things I’ve been told I can’t (or shouldn’t) do. Nothing like a good double dog dare to keep life interesting.

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The scene from "A Christmas Story" (the triple dog dare) comes to mind immediately!

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May 5Liked by Andrew Smith

Dang, Triple dog dare - thats serious stuff. I’ll be on high alert for something worthy of busting out something worthy of a triple-dog dare.

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You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

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The use of personal experience here is highly effective. And the illustration of a baby goat demonstrating the baby powder in the fan trick? Sheer brilliance!

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Thanks, Bill! I was a lot of trouble.

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